Chapter 97: Altruistic Freedom (Rewritten)
A few minutes earlier...
’Huh...? What’s that noise?’
March groggily grew more aware. There was a constant tremor around her, and the headache that had assaulted her was starting to recede.
’What a nasty migraine...’
It took her a few seconds to find her bearings, as the incessant earthquake was disrupting her attempts to get up. Digging her fingers into the snow, she blinked a few times to make out the scene in front of her.
Staring for a few seconds, she began to blink a few more times in disbelief. Then, she continued to stare as she found that the scene before her was unchanged.
’...What?’
A titanic colossus was slamming the ground with disastrous force, causing powerful gusts of wind to pick up. They carried large plumes of snow along with them, which bombarded March. However, even though she was kneeling on the floor, she withstood it as she gazed at the conflict.
She could see Seele climbing up the steel giant’s arm with two gruesome claws being dragged by chains. Far into the sky, there was a blue sphere — it was around the size of the automaton’s head, which was quite large.
’Where’s everyone else?’
She worriedly looked around. Besides Seele, March didn’t know where anyone else could be. Sunny was the only one she couldn’t be bothered with, as he had a tendency to sneak around.